Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-01-13


to enliven city more than It's literary
entertainments? We advise our
citizens to revive their drowsy in
erests in such things.
A DAKOTA man says it is not
enough that eastern parties over
change us for fuel, but they paint
stone and send it out here for coal,
and some of the paint is little off
color, too.
MARRIED, at the p. M. parsonage,
this city, Jan u, 1887, by Rev. w.
J. c. Bond, Mr. George Galloway,
of Montfort and Miss Eta Fillbach,
of Highland, Wis.
Mr.. JAS. a. HoARE will be much
obliged if the person who took his
buffalo-robc off his horse on Christ
mas eve, while standing in front
of the residence of Mr.. Richard
Goldsworthy, will return the same.
BY SO doing he will not expose the
person.
VIM. JACKA, the butcher, has con
cluded to put up what ice he will
need the coming summer, aud dur
ing the past week has prepared .
vault in the basement of his place
of business sufficiently large to ac-
commodate one hundred and fifty
loads.
On Saturday last Ssm'l Ferrill
sold % shotes CAST April pigs that
averaged $50 lbs each They were
a fine lot, and hard to be surpassed.
On the same day John Haiker, a
neighbor of Steph's sold 30 of same
aye and average in weight. John
GRADER, the veteran stock buyer, Sc
cured both lots
LANCASTER has a curiosity in the
shape of an honest tramp. A young
man Of that place gave one of these
wanderers a So gold piece in mis-
take for a quarter. The generous
youth discovered his error an hour
afterward and found the tramp, who
appeared glad to exchange the s.
for "two bits"
STEpH REED, of this city, and
Jas. Jackson, of Waldwick, return
ed last week from Sheffield, Iowa,
where they had been called to at
tend the funeral of Mrs. Peter Jack
son, who died Dec. 81, 'S6, of puer-
peral fever, leaving an infant two
weeks old. The deceased was well
known here, being daughter of
the late John Reed, of Waldwick.
HAVE you settled for 1856 with
your grocer, your dry-goods mer-
chant, your blacksmith, your doctor,
the man who has accommodated
you with hardware, harness goods,
boots and shoes, and what not? If
you have, you have been honest
nothing more. If you have not, and
can, you are-well, tell the story
yourself.
THE course of agriculture at the
State University promises to be of
unusual interest this winter, and
number Of Iowa county young men
should attend Sixty dollars will
cover all expenses for board, books,
etc. For particulars address Prof.
w. A. Henry, who will send cir
cular giving a full account of the
studies taught.
/ EVERY little while may be seen in
the local papers an item touching on
the merits of some animal. 1t is
our turn now. At Geo. Chamley's
barn, in this city, there is an eleven
months old steer calf that weighs
$40 pounds. The animal was neither
COW nor grass fed, but hand fed. 1t
is of the Short Horn variety, bred
from J. J. Ross celebrated Crook
shank bull and Clark ~ Jenkins
herd of grades, Mitfitn.
THE Darlington Democrat Of last
week gives the account of terrible
/ fall received by J B. Merriam, jan
itor Of the Baptist church. While
taking some kindling into the bel
+ fry he fell distance of fifteen feet,
striking his head on window cas-